Self-adjusted cap



June 21 1927.

H. L. ROSENFELD SELF ADJUSTED CAP Filed May 29. 1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented June 21, 1927.

UNITED STATES,

HYMAN L. BOSENFELD, or BRONX, NEW YORK.

SELF-ADJUSTED can 1.

Application filed May 29, 1925,. Serial No. 33,588.

This invention relates to improvements in caps, or the like, and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a cap with means for adapting the same to fit any size head.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cap having an elastic band incorporated therein, which may be securedin any of its adjusted positions, to fit any size head.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cap having an elastic band secured thereto to allow an adjustment of the width of the head engaging margin of the cap to fit any size of head and associated with means vertically engaging said cap for securing the band in any of its adjusted positions.

A still further object of the invention is the provision ofa cap of simple and inexpensive make equipped with suitable guides for the elastic hand.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be more specifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cap equipped with the adjusting means to fit the cap to any size of head, constructed accord-' ing to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional bottom plan view thereof.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary detail view illustrating the means holding the adjusting means in. their respective positions.

. Fig. 4 is an enlarged, sectional top plan view of the securing means shown at Figure 3.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

The cap 10 of any suitable well known fabric and desired shape, has attached thereto, at its front, the usualshield 11, to which the front part of the material of the cap can be drawn down and secured by the customary snap button 12 on the shield engaging the socket 13 on the cap.

An elastic band 15, is loosely guided around the cap above the outer material thereof, through a number of guide loops 16, and has front strips 17, attached thereto.

In order to lock or hold the elastic band in any of its adjusted positions, fitting the cap to a size of head, a needle 20, or pointed prong, or the like, is fastened to the elastic band 15, as at 23, and vertically disposed to the band, adapted to engage with its pointed upper end in any of the plurality of openings 21, of sockets 22 fastened to the material of the cap or into apertures 19 formed in the material of the cap, to allow finer adjustments than that of openings 21.

The cap is readily adjusted to a wearers head by simply placing the cap on the top of the head, thereafter pulling downwards on the shield 11, which causes a downward movement of material 10, and a resultant disengagement of the hook 20 from one of the openings 21, or 19. When the cap is properly positioned on the head of the wearer, the wearer next draws downward on the band 15, causing the hook 20 to re-engage one of. the openings 21, and the cap is now in its adjusted position.

It will be understood that while I have shown some of the embodiments of my invention, as examples, such changes may be made as fall within the scope of the appended claims without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a cap of the class described, an elastic band disposed around the head receiv ing opening thereof and positioned adjacent the outer surface of the material comprising said cap, loops secured to said cap for adjustably holding said band, a hook secured to said band at one end thereof having a down wardly disposed projection, and fastening means having a plurality of successive slots therein secured on the material of said'cap, any one of said slots being adapted to receive said downwardly disposed projection for affecting changes in the size of said head receiving opening, said hook and slots being connectable by a downward vertical move 11181113 of the endof said elastic band having the hook secured thereto.

2. In a cap of the class described an elastic band disposed around the head receiving opening thereof positioned adjacent the outer surface of the material comprising said cap,

socket member mounted on the side portion of said cap and secured to the'material thereof comprising a plurality of individual sockets having vertical slots therein'a'nd provided with open upper ends, and a fastening means on said elastic band comprising a pointed extension depending from its upper end invposition to be inserted through the open upper end of any desired socket and moved vertically downward into said socket, said sockets and fastening extension being located on the side of said cap in position to be manipulated While the latter is being Worn or adjusting the size of the head receiving opening of said cap.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

HYMAN L. ROSENFELD. 

